Gary Fortenberry and I will be hosting this ASL tournament next May: https://humanwaveconscripts.com/human-wave-2023/

The tournament will feature boards and scenarios not seen by any of the attendees. All scenarios will be "official" MMP scenarios. We are not sure if the pack will be available at the tournament end or afterwards. We hope to have it available at the tournament but that is out of Gary and my hands. All scenarios will be designed and play tested by not only Gary and I, but also an outside source of well qualified players. Scenarios at the tournament will either be played as submitted to MMP (or printed on the cards if available). All scenarios are designed for bidding for sides so players can decide for themselves if they think the scenario needs different balance. All scenarios will give you Gary and my suggested bid but as a player, you are free to disagree and bid for more or less depending on how you feel. 

The tournament is "self-balancing". It is designed such that players with similar records will be grouped as the tournament progresses. The re-grouping remains in effect through the first three rounds. A loss in the third round effectively removes you from the tournament. You can continue to play open games, to include playing the unseen tournament scenarios. More details of the tournament will be forthcoming. Playtesting and design is past the 50% mark. We will begin "out-sourcing" to our external group in November. 

I would love to see some or all of you there. I understand if the current situation in my country makes you decide not to come. Thanks! -- jim

Sounds great, I hope it includes a more strict number of nationalities, unlike Albany where all nationalties were include ( 98%). Also, better tournament rules. Anyway, good prepping and gunnin' to arrange the tournament. 

If I travel over, I'll be wearing a red MAGA hat in the land of the free! 

We are waiting for J16 before finalizing tournament rules. We will publish boards, nationalities, and overlays in advance. Thanks for the advice.

On 10/3/2025 at 1:21 AM, CTABKA said:

I'll be wearing a red MAGA hat in the land of the free! 

You mean this right? 😜

No, this is it

 

Hi !

Hope you will have a fantastic tournament!

I found this rule on your site, i find this very interesting, takes away som of the randomness you malfunction the weapons but get them back somewhat quicker, and you dare to attempt to repair AVF-main armament. I like this a lot.

1. SW/Gun Repair: All SW/Guns repair on a dr 1 or 2. Those that normally repair on a dr 1 through 3 still repair on a 1 through 3. SW/Guns are not eliminated for rolling a 6. A dr 6 is just a failure to repair.

On 10/15/2025 at 10:54 PM, Christian Lindberg said:

1. SW/Gun Repair: All SW/Guns repair on a dr 1 or 2. Those that normally repair on a dr 1 through 3 still repair on a 1 through 3. SW/Guns are not eliminated for rolling a 6. A dr 6 is just a failure to repair.

 

OMG! 😱 What will Pitman say!?

On 10/15/2025 at 4:54 PM, Christian Lindberg said:

Hi !

Hope you will have a fantastic tournament!

I found this rule on your site, i find this very interesting, takes away som of the randomness you malfunction the weapons but get them back somewhat quicker, and you dare to attempt to repair AVF-main armament. I like this a lot.

1. SW/Gun Repair: All SW/Guns repair on a dr 1 or 2. Those that normally repair on a dr 1 through 3 still repair on a 1 through 3. SW/Guns are not eliminated for rolling a 6. A dr 6 is just a failure to repair.

If you fly all the way to DC and participate, how angry would you be to have your tournament ruined by a 12 that you can't do anything about? Gary and I have spent weeks/months balancing our scenarios to give you the best experience we possibly can. How happy do you think he and I are to see your experience ruined by a little bad luck you can't do anything about? We can't take away all randomness, but the stuff that ruins games we will do our best to "fix" what we can. We want you to win or lose all by yourself. There are plenty of other things to hate the dice for :) -- jim

On 10/17/2025 at 5:51 AM, carlsson said:

 

OMG! 😱 What will Pitman say!?

When he shows up, I will value his opinion ;) -- jim

What about snipers ruining your game? ;)

13 hours ago, Maglica said:

What about snipers ruining your game? ;)

We can't control everything. I still tell stories about that. It took a double 1, followed by a 1, followed by direction 4, followed by 4 or more on the distance (1/32 X 1/6 X 1/6 X 1/2, or 1/2592) for that to happen. Guess I should have planned for it. :( -- jim

Just a quick update. I know most don't want to come but you can't blame a guy for trying to incentivize you to come.

Gary and I are putting the finishing touches on the remain scenarios. We have five scenarios completed, three are nearly finished, and two more are close. We have reached an agreement with MMP to publish the pack and we (Gary, MMP, and I) are all hopeful we will have it printed in time for the tournament. There is still time to book your place to come.

On 10/2/2025 at 7:21 PM, CTABKA said:

Sounds great, I hope it includes a more strict number of nationalities, unlike Albany where all nationalties were include ( 98%). Also, better tournament rules. Anyway, good prepping and gunnin' to arrange the tournament. 

If I travel over, I'll be wearing a red MAGA hat in the land of the free! 

We are close to publishing a list of all nationalities, boards, overlays, and other materials a player will need for the tournament. Unlike Albany (and much like the tournaments in Sweden) everyone will play the same scenario in every round. We would love to see you there Melvin. Pleva, Paul Sidhu, and a couple of others are scheduled to be there. Bring Svante with you. I would love to see the surprise on some of the better American player's faces when playing him. He would be my dark horse pick to win it all.

I won’t join, but I am looking forward to your scenarios.

/Robert

Hi Jim, I Organize a tournament 1-3 May, just before your tournament, I could not commit to take so much time off from work this year. Perhaps in the future, especially if I quite organizing tournaments and concentrate to attend others instead.

Btw-lol, I will organize a second tournament later this year in September 10-13 Thursday-Sunday in Rimforsa, Linköping, You are of course very welcome, we will drive to the hotel - on the countryside, from Stockholm (2-3h) with at least 4 cars, if you want a lift.

19 hours ago, CTABKA said:

Hi Jim, I Organize a tournament 1-3 May, just before your tournament, I could not commit to take so much time off from work this year. Perhaps in the future, especially if I quite organizing tournaments and concentrate to attend others instead.

Btw-lol, I will organize a second tournament later this year in September 10-13 Thursday-Sunday in Rimforsa, Linköping, You are of course very welcome, we will drive to the hotel - on the countryside, from Stockholm (2-3h) with at least 4 cars, if you want a lift.

It won't be this year. I am having open heart surgery this Friday to have some bypasses placed. I will be a little out of it for 12 weeks and not allowed on a plane for a while. Perhaps next year.

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